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Crocidura olivieri  (Lesson, 1827)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 633653

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Crocidura olivieri anchietae Bocage, 1889
  
    Crocidura olivieri bueae Heim de Balsac and Barloy, 1966
  
    Crocidura olivieri cara Dollmann, 1915
  
    Crocidura olivieri cinereoaenea (Rüppell, 1842)
  
    Crocidura olivieri darfurea Thomas and Hinton, 1923
  
    Crocidura olivieri giffardi de Winton, 1898
  
    Crocidura olivieri guineensis Cabrera, 1903
  
    Crocidura olivieri hansruppi Hutterer, 1981
  
    Crocidura olivieri hedenborgiana (Sundevall, 1843)
  
    Crocidura olivieri kivu Osgood, 1910
  
    Crocidura olivieri manni Peters, 1878
  
    Crocidura olivieri martiensseni Neumann, 1900
  
    Crocidura olivieri nyansae Neumann, 1900
  
    Crocidura olivieri occidentalis (Pucheran, 1855)
  
    Crocidura olivieri odorata (LeConte, 1857)
  
    Crocidura olivieri olivieri (Lesson, 1827)
  
    Crocidura olivieri spurelli Thomas, 1910
  
    Crocidura olivieri sururae Heller, 1910
  
    Crocidura olivieri toritensis Setzer, 1956
  
    Crocidura olivieri zuleika Dollman, 1915
  
    Sorex olivieri Lesson, 1827
  
  Common Name(s): African Giant Shrew [English]
  
    Olivier's Shrew [English]
  
    African Giant White-toothed Shrew [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderEulipotyphla Waddell, Okada and Hasegawa, 1999  
                                  FamilySoricidae G. Fischer, 1814 – shrews  
                                     SubfamilyCrocidurinae A. Milne-Edwards, 1872 – white-toothed shrews  
                                        GenusCrocidura Wagler, 1832  
                                           SpeciesCrocidura olivieri (Lesson, 1827) – African Giant Shrew, Olivier's Shrew, African Giant White-toothed Shrew  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Rainer Hutterer   
  Notes: Zoologisches Forschunginstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany   
  Reference for: Crocidura olivieri    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor, Kai He, Rudolf Haslauer, et al. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Soricidae (Shrews)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos   
  Page(s): 332-550   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-084   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crocidura olivieri, African Giant White-toothed Shrew [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Crocidura olivieri   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crocidura olivieri, African Giant Shrew [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Crocidura olivieri, Olivier's Shrew [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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